EVE General Discussion

I tried having multiple accounts, but it turns out I don't really have the attention span for it.

The intention was to make the other one a dedicated miner/industry person, but I really don't care for that aspect of the game, so I let that sub lapse and will extract what SP I can from it once it has all the alpha skills trained.

I can see many ways that an alt account would be useful; scouting, cyno for jumps, intel gathering; but I really just can't be bothered, seems too much like work to me. Also doesn't really make much sense financially for me at the moment.

Keep training the alt if you decided to let it lapse, at the very least, you'll have a fully-trained alpha for future considerations.

only if you think it is.

seriously, do you need to have a second character online with your main?

if you do the no, its perfectly reasonable and normal.
if you dont , and dont need the convenience of a second training cue then it might not be.

we cant answer this for you , this is your call.

personally speaking , eve to me is running two im just that used to it

if you are going to get multiple accounts:

1st:
send yourself a "recruit a friend" link. So if you ever decide to financially subscribe your alt, you will get the reward for getting a "paying" new account into EvE wich is a plex if my memory is correct.

2nd:
if you make multiple alts, i think there is no reason in my opinion to use the "multiple training skill queue" on a single account. the montly fees are higher than a regular subscription on an individual account AND you will never be able to log yourself on your 2 account simultaneously wich is VERY usefull!!!

regular one account training fees: 10.95USD/month
regular multiple training queue fees: 19.95USD/month.
if you can afford PLEX-ing your account via ingame ISK, than its free!

3rd:
if you make multiple alts, try to train your toons in a complementary way so you can get synergy out of your toon and experiment different aspect of the game whitout have ot suffer the slow, long and painfull real life training time. Train one in Missil and the other in projectile weapon for example. Make one complete explorer and one combat oriented pilot. Or skill toward PVE and the other one for PVP. Indy and PI or Market trader? Hauler or ganker... the possibilities are infinite.

4th:
create yourself some Alpha alt... those are free and fully train thm slowly, they will become handy in the future to harass a targer under the cover of anonimity. going to PVP with no consequences. it should cost you arount 15-20M ISK in skill book over 6-7 month of training. Creat one of each race!

Be creative! Be Agressive! Be a ****! This is what EvE is all about.

Dont forget EvE Moto design: Im not having fun unless you are not having fun!

May the Jerk-Power be with you!

Nice suggestions.

Think I will go with 2 accounts a bit longer. Both characters have
some crucial level 5 trainings coming up.
They also have very different skillsettings.

How about the co-op career ideas?

Two accounts make you a lot harder to kill, for example if you haul in hisec a scout can save you from jumping into a ganker or bumper, in terms of moving around null sec I use a T3C nullified and covert cloaked to scout for a BR. In PvP a repper or ECM or bait tackle ship add to the enjoyment, but each to their own.

Two accounts? Well...you might find a scout and/or cyno and/or freighter webbing alt useful for you depending on what you're doing...or alts for "less savory endeavors".

Some prefer to only have one account (and often really just one character) for their immersion and depend on others for functions needed. Convenience issue, really.

In any case you've got an old madonna song stuck in my head, thanks a lot.

When you said "I've made up my mind", my brain autocompleted it with ♫I'm keepin' my baabbyy♪

Are you going to make this decision every month?

Never did worry about income or money or any of that, I went the multi-boxer route so I could fly three ships at once and kill people. Sadly, that never worked out, it was basically just a way for me to lose more ships. Managing three ships in a fight can blow your situational perception right out the port hole. But there are areas where multi-boxing can shine; mining, for one. I'm currently using a couple Skiffs with a big freighter chasing cans and cleaning up the rat kills, keeps one busy, not that much of a grind and it doesn't take long to build a stake so I can replace what got sploded and try it again, but with variations on the losing tactics.

But the main thing is and always has been: This is a big, beautiful shambling wreck of a game with so many different ways to play that, for the most enjoyment, you must play it your way and do not pay attention to the unpleasant trolls who attempt to heap shame on anyone who does not play it the way they think it should be played.

I actually run 3 omega's and 3 alpha's atm. The alpha's are (rather slowly) training for hulks, the 3 omega's run either the setup of 1x rorq, 2x hulk or 1x nidhoggur, 1x cyno alt/salvager, 1x scout.

Note that this is in null-sec.

if you have the real monies, there's hardly no reason for you NOT to get a 2nd or a 3rd account, in fact, i'll encourage you to do so, provided that you have the money and in no way will affect your real life finances.